I think you need another verse or a complete poem from the workers perspective, Rajiv.
There was a song called “Fifteen Tons” and it was about working in the mines. Some of the lyrics – “Fifteen tons and what do you get another day older and deeper in debt. ” In those days the companies also owned the dry goods stores so when people went to spend their money it went right back to the company. Hence the line “I owe my sole to the company’s store” We are slipping back to those times, unfortunately.
Leslie